DotSpatial SDK Documentation
- View the SDK-style documentation online or download the software development kit (SDK) style DotSpatial API documentation as a single chm file (use 7-Zip to extract it).
- DotSpatial.Projections
- DotSpatial.Topology
- DotSpatial.Data
- DotSpatial.Positioning
- DotSpatial.Controls
The goal of the DotSpatial framework is to increase code re-usability by subdividing a fully working GIS framework down into smaller, specialized components. Part of that process involves the separation of the
System.Windows.Forms dependent GUI layer from the business layer. The major libraries are shown below.
Framework Libraries
| Namespace | Contents | Available | Docs |
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| DotSpatial.Analysis | WhiteBox and some functions from MapWindow |
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| DotSpatial.Data | Data access objects for FeatureSet, Raster, & Images. | ||
| DotSpatial.Data.Rasters.GdalExtension | optional GDAL support for image and raster files. | ||
| DotSpatial.Modeling | Place holder for non-GUI modeling code | |
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| DotSpatial.Positioning | GeoFrameworks 2 and GPS.NET 3 | |
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| DotSpatial.Projections | Proj4 | ||
| DotSpatial.Serialization | XML serialization code for saving projects. | ||
| DotSpatial.Symbology | Layers, Cartographic Symbolizers | ||
| DotSpatial.Topology | NetTopologySuite/JavaTopologySuite Topology methods. |